Dr. Kirsten "Kiki" Sanford, producer and host of This Week in ScienceThe news is full of dire predictions for our future: peak oil, peak food, over-population, climate change, disease pandemics, and more. To top it off, social media connects us to an overwhelming number of opinions on these subjects. How do ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A Galactic Scale Gravitational Wave ObservatoryPulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars with phenomenal rotational stability that can be used as celestial clocks in a variety of fundamental physics experiments. One of these experiments involves using an array of precisely timed millisecond pulsars to detect perturbations due to gravitational waves. The gravitational waves detectable through pulsar ...
What is Signal and Power Integrity in Digital Systems and How is it Changing Our WorldThis presentation will describe the latest challenges in transmitting electronic information at ever faster speeds while at the same time reducing the power consumed. This exciting new area of engineering is called Signal Integrity and Power Integrity. Signal Integrity enables today's computers to send trillions of ones and zeroes in ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Miniaturized Passive Radios for Wireless Tagging and IOT ApplicationsToday most people on Earth are connected through wired or wireless networks, or both. The next leap in connectivity will give people the ability to control objects and machines. The Internet of Everything (IoE) will tag objects with tiny wireless devices for communication, computation and sensing. Some projections show demand ...
As founder of IDEO, David Kelley built the company that created many icons of the digital generation-the first mouse for Apple, the first Treo, the thumbs up/thumbs down button on your Tivo's remote control, to name a few. But what matters even more to him is unlocking the creative potential ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
2015: Critical Year for Planet EarthThis year is going to be crucial for the earth's climate and for the future of our planet. Diplomats and other stakeholders will be gathering in Paris in December 2015 to try to finally agree on an international protocol that will coordinate concerted and collaborative action against global warming.Earth Journalism ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Member, Free for students
Developments in energy technology are accelerating, from energy storage to building analytics to smart grid deployment. Simultaneous reductions in cost for battery and electric vehicle technology, along with policy are pushing electric vehicle adoption. "Building the Electron Economy" is an integrated path to decarbonizing our energy infrastructure, using a systems ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 Parking)
The Carbon BubbleIs there a time bomb lurking in your retirement account? Investors holding a variety of index and mutual funds own a chunk of fossil fuel stocks. England's central bank recently said that coal, oil and natural gas reserves that determine the future earnings of those companies, and therefore the stock ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
THE RUSSIAN RIVER: ALL RIVERS THE VALUE OF AN AMERICAN WATERSHEDThis beautifully filmed documentary explores the history of the Russian River as well as the diverse forces that influence the health of the Russian River watershed, demonstrating that the problems it currently faces are shared by rivers everywhere. Interviews in the film include water activist Maude Barlow, biologist Jim Lichatowich, ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $11 General, $7 Member, $7.75 Senior/Child
Tales from the Crypt(ogams): the Lichen FilesJason will select a handful of conspicuous and/or common species which mycologists have posted on MushroomObserver from coastal CA (Monterey to Mendocino counties) and tell a story about each. We can cover a wide range of hopefully interesting topics this way: the fog belt, pollution sensitivity, types of photobionts, secondary ...
